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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
dispatched a messenger with urgent news
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2
as in to kill
to deprive of life
the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency
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as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm
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as in to defeat
to achieve a victory over
they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat
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as in letter
a message on paper from one person or group to another
a soldier sending daily dispatches to friends and family back home
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as in message
a piece of conveyed information
a dispatch from headquarters regarding a change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of dispatch
Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
European leaders also were dismayed by Trump’s decision to dispatch top aides for preliminary talks with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainian or European officials at the table.
—Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
Two people were stranded and self-rescued from a glacier chunk that fell onto the ice in Portage Lake, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 10, according to a Girdwood Fire and Rescue statement and an Alaska State Troopers' dispatch report.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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After dispatching West Virginia on Sunday, No. 10 TCU is just two games from adding another historic accomplishment to its resume this season.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
European leaders also were dismayed by Trump’s decision to dispatch top aides for preliminary talks with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainian or European officials at the table.
—Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
California death In California, CBS Sacramento reports, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said its dispatch center received a call late Monday afternoon regarding a missing backcountry skier near Powderhouse Peak.
—CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
Two people were stranded and self-rescued from a glacier chunk that fell onto the ice in Portage Lake, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 10, according to a Girdwood Fire and Rescue statement and an Alaska State Troopers' dispatch report.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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During the attack, a small group of people immediately surrounded Rushdie and held up his legs to try and send blood to his chest.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Geopolitical Implications of Tariffs Beyond the domestic economic implications, these tariffs send a troubling signal about America’s reliability as a trade partner.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, the state has passed several amendments giving more leeway to killing black bears out of self-defense.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Using archival newspaper reports and interviews with a local historian, here’s a blow-by-blow recreation of the Ashley Gang’s demise — from Sept. 12, 1924, the day of the Bank of Pompano robbery, to Nov. 1, 1924, the day police killed the gangsters.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Montmartre – Period drama about a young French cancan dancer trying to find her brother and sister, and the person who assassinated her father.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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The indictment alleged that prosecutors obtained extensive evidence showing Bolsonaro approved a plot to assassinate his electoral rival, current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Moraes.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Feb. 2025
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Also, in sympathy and apology, heartbroken for both our countries, but not defeated.—
Sabrina Haake,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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None of the amendments were binding, and with a 53-47 majority, Republicans had comfortable enough margins to defeat Democratic attempts to amend the resolution.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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The contents of the letter that Trump flashed to reporters show the King eager to build on the strength of his personal relationship with the president.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Without approval from these letters, such activities would be considered acts of piracy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The emails are part of a strategy to have agencies account for their employees' work each week and report it back to the government's human resources agency, though no decision has been made about whether the messages will go out weekly, the sources said.—
Kristin Brown,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2025
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That may not eliminate all security concerns given that sending an email creates a digital footprint regardless of the message's content.—
CHRIS MEGERIAN,
TIME,
1 Mar. 2025
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Many other belongings from his tomb are believed to have been relocated due to the flooding that destroyed it.—
Francesca Aton for ArtNews,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni countersued, accusing Lively, Reynolds and Sloane of seeking to destroy his career.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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The pair team up together to find the real killer, but two days after his release, another 9-year-old girl is found murdered.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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In that case, an unknown person contacted the Sandy Hook tip line to say a friend had access to an AR-15 rifle, had just ordered a bulletproof vest and admired Nikolas Cruz – the gunman who murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, officials said.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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